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Flower Mound reports record attendance, few medical contacts at 2025 Independence Fest
Summary
Town staff said the July 4 children's parade and evening Independence Fest drew large crowds — staff estimated 2,500 in the parade and about 20,000 for the evening program — and reported 33 emergency-service contacts with two transports.
Jill DeRamos, the town's special events manager, told the Flower Mound Town Council on July 21 that this year’s children’s parade and Independence Fest drew the largest crowds recorded for the events.
DeRamos said the children’s parade began just after 10 a.m. at Leonard and Helen Johns Community Park and involved “over 2,500 participants.” The evening Independence Fest at Bakersfield Park opened at 5 p.m.; DeRamos estimated the crowd “peaked between 07:30 and 8PM” and said an “estimated 20,000 guests” attended the evening program, which included live music and a fireworks show.
The nut graf: Town staff framed the report as both a community success and a logistics summary: organizers described entertainment, vendor counts, volunteer and staff support, and injury/medical contacts to give council a sense of scale and public-safety impact.
DeRamos summarized attractions and staffing: the daytime program had six bounce houses, a magic show and foam cannon and “10 plus local vendors and sponsors”; evening activities included 61 vendors, 21 food vendors, multiple bands and a Chinook CH-47F flyover. She said Parks and Recreation deployed 37 staff that day, with “the assistance of over 15 members of the police department and fire and emergency services staff, and over 100 volunteers.”
Emergency-services figures: according to DeRamos and the town’s emergency-services summary, staff logged 33 contacts during the festival, with “over half being for minor issues like band aids, pain relievers, and only 2 requiring medical transport.” DeRamos attributed the low number of contacts in part to cooler-than-usual temperatures.
Organizers thanked sponsors and volunteer groups including CoServ, Market Street, Republic Services, GDS Management, Oxley Architects and others; DeRamos singled out Summit Club, Women of Flower Mound and Girl Scout Troop 579 among volunteers. Mayor Cheryl Moore served as evening MC and the program included a presentation of colors by the fire department honor guard and the national anthem performed by Tate Dawson, a recent Marcus High School graduate.
The ending: DeRamos told the council staff were already planning next year’s celebration and that the event’s success reflected work by promoters, vendors, volunteer groups and town departments.
